Generally used for emphasis and headlines, it gets tiring to read if used in great quantities.
Sans Serif
Agency is a sans serif font.
The circumstances one would use sans serif font would be if they are making a flyer or large banner. Reason being sans serif font is used for large title headings, not body text.
MS Sans Serif was created in 1997.
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<font face="Sans-Serif">this is what it looks like</font>
No, you would use a sans-serif font when you want to avoid associating a specific font style with a design. Sans-serif fonts are more neutral and do not have the embellishments that can give a serif font a distinct personality or association.
Serif font has structural details on each of the letters. When you look at Times New Roman, you can see that the bottoms of the letters create points. The font on this answer is Sans-Serif, sans means "without", so sans-serif means without serif. The type on this answer is sans-serif because there is no added structure to the letters, all of them are rounded on the ends. You can see the difference in Word.
No, sans serif is a generic description of a font without any serifs. The Web site that you're reading is probably in a sans serif font, while when you read a newspaper, you're probably reading a serif font.
=== === === === Sans serif fonts do not have the serifs, small lines or 'tails', the characters are straight up and down. === === === === Sans serif fonts do not have the serifs, small lines or 'tails', the characters are straight up and down.
The kind of font you see here is a sans serif (sans = without; serif= flourish, embellishment). The white letters on blue background forming the logotype Answers at the top of this page are a serif font, most everything else is sans serif on this page. Time New Roman is a typical and common serif font. Arial is a sans serif font.